Cursive Ekmak 1 is a regular weight, very narrow, medium contrast, italic, very short x-height font.
Keywords: wedding invites, greeting cards, branding, quotations, packaging, elegant, romantic, classic, lively, refined, handwritten elegance, formal charm, display script, looping, slanted, calligraphic, fluid, monoline-ish.
A slanted cursive script with a smooth, continuous rhythm and pronounced looped forms. Strokes show gently tapered terminals and rounded joins, with a modest thick–thin modulation that reads as calligraphic rather than mechanical. Capitals are tall and decorative with generous swashes and occasional interior loops, while the lowercase is compact with a notably small x-height and long, graceful ascenders/descenders. Counters are narrow and elongated, and spacing feels airy enough to keep the script from tangling, especially in the sample text.
Well-suited to short to medium-length display copy such as invitations, greeting cards, boutique branding, product packaging, and pull quotes. It performs best where a graceful handwritten voice is desired and where generous line spacing can preserve clarity in the narrow, looping shapes.
The overall tone is graceful and personable—more polished than casual—suggesting a handwritten elegance associated with invitations and personal correspondence. Its lively loops and forward slant add warmth and a sense of motion without feeling overly ornate.
The design appears intended to capture a refined handwritten script with a consistent, flowing cadence—balancing decorative capitals and restrained lowercase forms to keep longer phrases readable while still feeling special and personal.
Distinctive features include open, sweeping capital forms (notably in letters like A, B, Q, and R) and simple, readable figures with a handwritten slant. The stroke endings tend to finish in soft hooks or tapered flicks, reinforcing the pen-written impression.